Six: Colonel C. J. Godfrey, Royal Engineers, onetime Commanding Engineer in Kenya during the Mau Mau emergency

Africa Star; Defence and War Medals; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S.E. Asia 1945-46 (Lt. Col., R.E.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (Lt. Col., R.E.); Coronation 1953 good very fine and better (6) £300-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to The Royal Engineers.

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Charles Joseph Godfrey, who was born in July 1907, was commissioned into the Royal Engineers as a 2nd Lieutenant in October 1928 and was advanced to Captain in August 1938. Subsequently employed as a Temporary Major for the duration of hostilities, Godfrey remained a Regular Officer after the War and served as Commanding Royal Engineer in East Africa in 1953, during the Mau Mau emergency. He finally retired as a Lieutenant-Colonel in 1958.